Coles are offering a new set of items for shopper loyalty. Every $20 you spend in a single transaction you get 1 credit. With at least 25 credits you can get two free glassware items from a range of drinking glasses. So for $500 of spend (as long as all 25 spends were $20 or multiples of $20) you will get 2 drinking glasses. Some drinking glasses in the range take 30 credits and some 35 credits. So for the more costly ones you will need to spend $600 in $20 or multiple of $20 spends or $700 worth. Real bargainâŠNOT!!. Oh forgot to add only Flybuys members will accrue these creditsâŠ
The offer ends at the end of January 2020 so to get 6 drinking glasses of even the basic cheap ones you will need to spend an enormous $1,500 in that period in $20s or multiples of $20. The most expensive will require a spend in the period of a huge (almost ridiculous) $2,100.
You can buy them outright but Iâm unsure of the cost of them atm.
Depending on the Spiegelau glasses (havenât cross checked every one but generally), appears one can get a 6 pack from about $40-80 from most bricks and mortar sellers. This converts to about $13-27 for two. They can be found cheaper online (from low $20 for six or $6-7 for two)
A lot of money needs to be spent for a smallish reward (<3% return on investment).
I will not be going out of my way to get points for these. I have enough glasses in my cupboard. If by some strange chance I find I do have enough points I will pick them up and give them to someone who is trying to complete a set.
If you are a Coles supermarket shopper
anyway ( and according to our poll: âWhich supermarket do you shop atâ 63% of us shop at Coles), you can make it work for you: at todayâs prices it wouldnât take long for a family to accrue the points needed.
And Spiegelau glasses are not the cheapest drinking glasses.
Of course, not a good idea to go and spend more money on shopping than we otherwise would, just for the reward.
And thatâs probably what they are hoping for.
If this suits you - go for it! It works for me. I shop at Coleâs for location, convenience and familiarity. Donât have the time to shop around to save a few $. With the previous points offer of plastic tubs I acquired about 5 without even trying. Thatâs probably the point - you should never try for this stuff, but if it works with what you already do, then itâs a gift! Also working for me is Coleâs Mastercard combined with Fly Buys. The points I earn just by shopping at Coleâs, which Iâm going to do anyway, delivers $10 discounts which ends up equating to around $500 a year. I must stress I am not chasing these points or $, it just happens to fit with what I do anyway so itâs a bonus. Not for everyone, but just because it doesnât work for you does not make it a bad deal.
âOf course, not a good idea to go and spend more money on shopping than we otherwise would, just for the reward.
And thatâs probably what they are hoping for.â
Of course they are just like the Little Shop âgive awaysâ people fought over, or the other plastic things Woolworth did. All of which will end up in landfill if they havenât already.
At the least the recent Woolworth seed give away can end up providing you with some food and flowers!
